The human body contains a small amount of a substance called glycogen, which is an animal starch or sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
Hence glycogen is converted to glucose which can enter the blood stream. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1992 - Press Release] Reference
The same process may, however, also proceed in the opposite direction, so that glycogen is formed from the Cori ester. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1947 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Further work showed that uridine diphosphate glucose is involved in glycogen synthesis and adenosine diphosphate glucose in that of starch. From Wordnik.com. [Luis Leloir - Biography] Reference
He has an ailment called glycogen storage disease, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
The glucose is released from glycogen, which is the body storage form of sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1992 - Press Release] Reference
It is called glycogen, or liver sugar, and is easily converted into grape sugar. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
They're nothing to do with 'second brains'; rather, an organ called the glycogen body is housed here. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
DEAR READER: McArdle's disease, also known as glycogen-storage disease type V, is a genetic disorder. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
It helps your body store what you eat subsequently as muscle energy, known as glycogen, instead of as fat. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Everyone has a storage area called the glycogen pool; it's where our bodies store glucose (simplest form of sugar). From Wordnik.com. [news.beiruter.com - A directory of Lebanese blogs] Reference
How long you can exercise a muscle depends on how long you can keep stored sugar, called glycogen, inside that muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Speedlinking 5/24/07] Reference
Fructose tends to be used in the liver to make glycogen, which is the form in which the liver stores energy for short term use. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
He made a special study of its properties and called it "glycogen". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
(7) A cascade of enzymatic reactions alters the behaviour of the cell and (8) via phosphorylation (9) glycogen is transformed to. From Wordnik.com. [Signal Transduction] Reference
And not all dietary carbs are metabolized to fat; some are used to synthesize glycogen which is critical for proper muscle function. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
The delay gives your muscles more time to store glycogen. From Wordnik.com. [FUELING FOR PERFORMANCE] Reference
The 8.09 per cent. includes 0.91 glycogen (animal starch). From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference
Thus we have animal starch, or glycogen, stored up in the liver. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Then it didnt even have half the words such as legume and glycogen. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
When the muscle does work the glycogen is broken down into glucose. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 1- Flow of Energy] Reference
In the initial phase, the body breaks down stores of glycogen to produce the energy it needs. From Wordnik.com. [Bread, Bread, Everywhere, Yet not a Morsel to Eat] Reference
Some starch and sugar can be put aside as either glycogen -- animal sugar -- or be changed into fat. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
Somewhere around mile 20, many runners experience glycogen depletion, also known as "hitting the wall.". From Wordnik.com. [Janet Turley: Hitting the Great Wall] Reference
Sipping a sports drink helps keep glycogen levels up, which means less fatigue and a lower body temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Your Cool in the Heat] Reference
In less than 24 hours glycogen stores are generally exhausted and fats become the primary fuel for the body. From Wordnik.com. [Bread, Bread, Everywhere, Yet not a Morsel to Eat] Reference
In other forms a substance (probably glycogen or amylo-dextrin) which turns brown with iodine has been observed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Like sweet corn, they have sugary endosperms containing 30 percent glycogen as well as grains that shrivel when dry. From Wordnik.com. [10. Sorghum: Specialty Types] Reference
In the consumption of stored material the glycogen is used first, then as a rule the fat, and last of all the proteids. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
As this is used, the glycogen in the liver is changed back to dextrose and, dissolving, again finds its way into the blood. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
To max out their glycogen stores, endurance athletes may load up on carbs for a week before a big event, while exercising less. From Wordnik.com. [FUELING FOR PERFORMANCE] Reference
Earlier he had spoken some runner mumbo-jumbo about glycogen and hydration, and here he was showing that he really believed in it. From Wordnik.com. [Bryan Bissell: NH: Huckabee Runs On Charm] Reference
She's got no genetic or metabolic abnormality of any kind, no glycogen storage disorder, and her pancreas is functioning perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
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